Snuffbox
Snuffbox
Snuffbox

Snuffbox

Applied Arts


2018.8.14.4ad.AA.BX.C1790.FR
Description
A round box decorated with a gouache miniature representing a woman sittingin three quarters of body and wearing a blue dress with a cut steel belt, her hair is surrounded with a white ribbon. The miniature is surrounded in a frame gilded in nets, the inside is in brown tortoiseshell.
Materials
Glass
Gold
Tortoiseshell
Ivory
Origin
vers 1790 France
Dimensions
Width : 1.8 cm
Length : 8.3 cm
Height : 2.6 cm